t: initial is semi-sweet cherry chocolates with vanilla cream filling and more dark cocoa. The sherry cask oak + fruit, and some bitter cloves shows in the middle. This whisky follows the nose exactly with a soothing dry finish of sherry soaked oak, black peppercorns, and black tea. This is a great whisky, slightly one dimensional, but it does this really well and the ABV makes it a fantastic value. [B+/B]